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The Author's Guide to Murder
by Lauren Willig, Karen White, Beatriz Williams
Three American women on a book retreat find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation at a Scotland castle while they are trying to write a book about the mysterious castle and its legendary owner Edward Kinloch, aka Naughty Ned.
Cassie is a murder writer, Kat is the romantasy writer and Emma writes historical books. All three women met at a convention and with the suggestion of their shared editor, Rachelle, they decided to write a book together. They arrive at Kinloch Castle, now leased out by Mr. Brett Presley, aka BSP, who is a widely known author and notorious jerk. Right away, BSP is killed and we learn that each of these women all have some past connection to him. While pretending to be best friends, these women all have their own agenda and we follow along with them as they try and clear themselves of this murder. As the reader, we slowly uncover what these women's motivations really are and why they decided to take this trip to this castle.
I really should have liked this book— it was right up my alley but I struggled to get through this book. Something was off. I didn’t connect with the characters and it was hard to get invested in the story with all three of them fighting for page time.
I guess I expected a Saved By The Bell murder mystery that was tongue and cheek and I got more of an Murder She Wrote mystery that was trying to be funny and clever. The characters decide the only way to clear their name is to solve the murder on their own but it was hard for me to follow along with the clues because the story was a bit disjointed and didn't keep me invested.
Overall it was a satire on murder mysteries with a classic whodunit component but it fell a bit short for me.
Cassie is a murder writer, Kat is the romantasy writer and Emma writes historical books. All three women met at a convention and with the suggestion of their shared editor, Rachelle, they decided to write a book together. They arrive at Kinloch Castle, now leased out by Mr. Brett Presley, aka BSP, who is a widely known author and notorious jerk. Right away, BSP is killed and we learn that each of these women all have some past connection to him. While pretending to be best friends, these women all have their own agenda and we follow along with them as they try and clear themselves of this murder. As the reader, we slowly uncover what these women's motivations really are and why they decided to take this trip to this castle.
I really should have liked this book— it was right up my alley but I struggled to get through this book. Something was off. I didn’t connect with the characters and it was hard to get invested in the story with all three of them fighting for page time.
I guess I expected a Saved By The Bell murder mystery that was tongue and cheek and I got more of an Murder She Wrote mystery that was trying to be funny and clever. The characters decide the only way to clear their name is to solve the murder on their own but it was hard for me to follow along with the clues because the story was a bit disjointed and didn't keep me invested.
Overall it was a satire on murder mysteries with a classic whodunit component but it fell a bit short for me.